The 1967 Spider-Man cartoon has always been one of my favorite cartoons. I'm sure it's mostly out of nostalgia. It was obviously done on the cheap. I remember waking up early as a kid just to catch it before heading to school. I guess it went out of syndication in the New York area sometime in the early 80s. Probably around the time the the 1981 "Spider-Man" cartoons aired. Followed by "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" soon after. The show's first season was produced by GrantRay-Lawrence Animation, which was founded by MGM animators Grant Simmons (a personal favorite of mine for his work in Tex Avery's unit), Ray Patterson and producer Robert Lawrence. The show may have one of the best themes songs ever written. Here are the storyboards for the opening title sequence. There are only a few changes to the finished version compared to the boards. I don't know who to credit with the storyboards. They were reprinted in James Ballman's "Spider-Man on TV! Book One: The 1967 Cartoon". Hopefully the accompanying video doesn't get removed.
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"The Mouse On 57th Street" Backgrounds
I was rewacthing Chuck Jones' "The Mouse On 57th Street" recently and was drawn (no pun intended) to the backgrounds. Great use of perspective, particularly for the scenes that focused on the mouse. Lots of upshots emphasizing how big the city is compared to our little drunken mouse friend. Layouts were done by Owen Fitzgerald and Maurice Noble and painted by Phil DeGuard. I assume Fitzgerald mostly did character layout. A few poses throughout the short reminded me of his posing in his Bob Hope comics. Though I have nothing docmenting that as a fact. I find this to be one of the more enjoyable of Jones' later Warner Bros. shorts.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Grinch Model Sheet
A quick holiday themed post. Here's a model sheet of the Grinch by Chuck Jones as reprinted in his book "Chuck Reducks-Drawing From The Fun Side Of Life". Happy Holidays to all you cartoon lovers out there.
Monday, December 15, 2025
Daffy Dilly "It's shocking"
One of my favorite things about hand drawn animation is the crazy frames in between key poses or drawings done to create an effect. Things like smears, mulitples and whatever the hell you call what Jim Tyer is doing most of the time. A great example is Daffy getting electrocuted by his own hand buzzer in Chuck Jones' underrated short, "Daffy Dilly". If I recall correctly, the scene was animated by Lloyd Vaughan, or was it Phil Monroe? I'm sure someone with a keener eye can say for sure who drew the scene. Anyway, enjoy those crazy frames.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Pixie and Dixie - "Scaredycat Dog" Storyboards
Here are Dan Gordon's storyboards for the Pixie and Dixie short, "Scaredycat Dog" and screenshots of the finished corresponding scenes. You'll see that some scenes were changed or just omitted altogether. I assume either because of time constraints or it being more economical. For more info, including music cue IDs check out Yowp's post on the cartoon.
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